Thanks. I've tested, and I can verify that does remove "USE_PERL_ATOF" from the "perl -V" output. But does configuring perl-5.30.0 with the "-Accflags=-DUSE_PERL_ATOF=0" argument alter perl's functionality in any way ? Cheers, Rob On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:41 PM Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org> wrote: > sisyphus <sisyphus359@gmail.com> writes: > > > Hi, > > Is it possible to build perl 5.30.0 such that "perl -V" output does NOT > > specify "USE_PERL_ATOF" ? > > > > If not, then the obvious question is "Why do we bother specifying it ?" > > Looking at the comments and code in perl.h, you can disable it by > passing -Accflags=-DUSE_PERL_ATOF=0 to Configure. > > - ilmari > -- > "The surreality of the universe tends towards a maximum" -- Skud's Law > "Never formulate a law or axiom that you're not prepared to live with > the consequences of." -- Skud's Meta-Law >Thread Previous | Thread Next